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on the prime time television series "dallas." his former co-stars remember him today as fun, wild, and a memorable star in hollywood. hagman died yesterday of complications from cancer. cnn's colleen mcedwards takes a look at his life and legacy. >> reporter: larry hagman wore many hats in his career. but his best known for the stetson that he wore on "dallas." despite rolls on film and on stage, hagman will always be remembered as the villianous j.r. ewing. >> and you drove cliff to attempt suicide. >> how was i to know he was going to do a dumb thing like that? >> reporter: wn j.r. was shot by an unknown assailant, it was the most famous cliffhangers in tv history, watched by 300 million people from all over the world. hagman never expected the show to endure. >> i just started this show doing six shows. i never thought i'd do 300. >> reporter: in fact, the "dallas" franchise was so successful, the series was recently reprised. the u.s. network tnt brought it back with a new generation of ewings and hagman came back, too, retur
on the prime time television series "dallas." his former co-stars remember him today as fun, wild, and a memorable star in hollywood. hagman died yesterday of complications from cancer. cnn's colleen mcedwards takes a look at his life and legacy. >> reporter: larry hagman wore many hats in his career. but his best known for the stetson that he wore on "dallas." despite rolls on film and on stage, hagman will always be remembered as the villianous j.r. ewing. >>...
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critics say he was the best thing about "dallas." but explaining the character's appeal, hagman once said, the time is ripe for a real bad guy and i'm it. >> have a good day, master? >> i'm going to have a wonderful day, genie. >> reporter: it was a good guy who larry hagman blasted into people's living rooms playing astronaut tony nelson on "i dream of genie." the show is still popular in syndication. even as a kid, hagman orbited in showbiz as the son of peter pan star mary martin, his movie roles included "up the cellar" and "harry and tonto". >> i don't need an office anymore. >> reporter: it was only after milking a huge contract from the producers of "dallas" that hagman became immensely wealthy. he had houses, he had cars, he had vices. two of them included drinking and smoking. he smoked for 24 years, gave it up and became an anti-smoking activist and spokesman for the american cancer society. >> i met at least 30, 40 people that said they quit because of my personal involvement, which makes me feel really good. >> reporter:
critics say he was the best thing about "dallas." but explaining the character's appeal, hagman once said, the time is ripe for a real bad guy and i'm it. >> have a good day, master? >> i'm going to have a wonderful day, genie. >> reporter: it was a good guy who larry hagman blasted into people's living rooms playing astronaut tony nelson on "i dream of genie." the show is still popular in syndication. even as a kid, hagman orbited in showbiz as the son of...
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the other was the "dallas" tv series. this changed people's mind. this changed dallas's image. i talked to people from the congo because they said they had to come to north texas they couldn't go home without getting pictures made here at south fork to prove the people back home they had been to south fork. i talked to a lady here who grew up in puerto rico. she and her husband watched it growing up. it's had an effect worldwide. >> you remember the original series, don't you? >> reporter: right. yes. i remember where i was the night who shot j.r. episode, for instance. >> that's right. >> reporter: the mgm grand hotel fire and we stopped everything to say oh, it was mary crosby. >> that's the kind of impact the show had. many people now in the age of cable television how the audience is split up. we forget the impact that this television series had. and larry hagman being the man that everybody loved to hate but that specifically who shot j.r. was a pinnacle moment not just in ratings but set up the whole notion of a cliffhanger to end a series. >> absolutely. you know, hagman
the other was the "dallas" tv series. this changed people's mind. this changed dallas's image. i talked to people from the congo because they said they had to come to north texas they couldn't go home without getting pictures made here at south fork to prove the people back home they had been to south fork. i talked to a lady here who grew up in puerto rico. she and her husband watched it growing up. it's had an effect worldwide. >> you remember the original series, don't you?...
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but his best known his stetson he wore on "dallas." despite roles on film and stage, hagman will be remembered as the villainous j.r. ewing. >> you drove cliff to attempt suicide. >> how would i know he would do a dump thing like that in. >> when he was shot by an unknown assailant, it became one of the most famous cliffhangers in tv history, watched by 300 million people from all around the world. hagman never expected the show to endure. >> i just started the show doing six shows. i never thought i would do 300. >> in fact, the dallas fran choice was so successful, the series was recently reprised. tnt brought it back with a new generation of ewings. d hagman came back, too. returning as j.r. once again. critics say he was the best thing about "dallas" but explaining the character's appeal, hagman once said, the time is right for a real bad guy, and i'm it. >> have a good day, master. >> i'm going to have a wonderful day. >> it was a good guy who larry hagman blasted into people's living rooms, playing astronaut tony nelson on "i dre
but his best known his stetson he wore on "dallas." despite roles on film and stage, hagman will be remembered as the villainous j.r. ewing. >> you drove cliff to attempt suicide. >> how would i know he would do a dump thing like that in. >> when he was shot by an unknown assailant, it became one of the most famous cliffhangers in tv history, watched by 300 million people from all around the world. hagman never expected the show to endure. >> i just started the...
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they rallied to defeat the dallas cowboys sunday. michael turner's late touchdown run and four field goals by matt bryant. the falcons are now 8-0. >>> and on the final full day of campaigning, the race for president could not be any closer. it is what you call a dead heat. a new cnn/orc poll shows president obama and governor romney getting 49% each. both candidates have a busy day on the trail before tomorrow's election. >>> oh, florida, oh, florida, voters found long lines and chaos, especially in the southern part of the state. imagine waiting up to nine hours to vote. nine hours! >> we are up in miami-dade county election department, this is what they're going to us? >> this is what they do in that building. >> exactly. and this is the way they're treating us? we need to vote. we are not in some rural district waiting on the side of the road. this is the main place. and if we are treated like that here, god help the others. >> this is not cuba. this is not china. we cannot allow this to happen. >> seriously? can't we do better t
they rallied to defeat the dallas cowboys sunday. michael turner's late touchdown run and four field goals by matt bryant. the falcons are now 8-0. >>> and on the final full day of campaigning, the race for president could not be any closer. it is what you call a dead heat. a new cnn/orc poll shows president obama and governor romney getting 49% each. both candidates have a busy day on the trail before tomorrow's election. >>> oh, florida, oh, florida, voters found long lines...
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it's really like the yankees or even the dallas cowboys, really a national brand that i think the ratings last night from the game were tremendous and the national championship might be the most viewed college football game ever. this is really a program that people polarize. this is a program that matters. >> and notre dame will probably end up playing alabama or georgia from what i understand. quickly here, either one of those teams do you think good enough to beat the irish? >> i think both of them are. realistically people that follow college football know alabama is very strong, a die nas tick team. no matter what the match-up is, it's relevant. it's sort of this national powerhouse against the regional team, and it's great for college football. >> and it's notre dame. let's talk about another storied program but with a very different perspective, penn state. they went 8-4, but that's actually really an accomplishment considering the tremendous amount of turmoil they went through in the past year. you covered the whole jerry sandusky scandal or "si" and on cnn as well. what are your
it's really like the yankees or even the dallas cowboys, really a national brand that i think the ratings last night from the game were tremendous and the national championship might be the most viewed college football game ever. this is really a program that people polarize. this is a program that matters. >> and notre dame will probably end up playing alabama or georgia from what i understand. quickly here, either one of those teams do you think good enough to beat the irish? >> i...
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here our president was killed in dallas in 1963, and in many countries people would go riot in the streets, but in america lyndon johnson was sworn in, and it's a smooth transition of power. look at gore verse bush in 2000. went all the way to the supreme court, but there they were breaking bread together, vice president gore and then incoming president bush. it is what -- what we're seeing today the healthy side of our democracy. >> all right. douglas brinkley, thank you. good to see you, as always. >>> i want to turn to another story here. we are going to boston. these are aerial shots here of a train crash in boston. we understand reports that as many as 20 people might have been injured from this crash. we don't have a lot of information about this, but we are looking at the boston common there, and this is, you know, known as the t, the transit system there, and we understand that because of a crash, at least 20 people have been injured. we're going to have more details as soon as we can, as soon as we get more information we'll bring that back up. we'll take a quick break. ♪ [ male
here our president was killed in dallas in 1963, and in many countries people would go riot in the streets, but in america lyndon johnson was sworn in, and it's a smooth transition of power. look at gore verse bush in 2000. went all the way to the supreme court, but there they were breaking bread together, vice president gore and then incoming president bush. it is what -- what we're seeing today the healthy side of our democracy. >> all right. douglas brinkley, thank you. good to see...
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democrat in rural texas is a lot different than a democrat in new york, los angeles, chicago, or even dallas, houston, or san antonio. back in 1968, back in 1968, hubert humphrey won the presidential vote in king county. george wallace came in second place, and back in 1964 when texas residents swron son ran for president, he got 85% of the voting since barry goldwater. they have voted for democrats before. it's certainly not this time or four year ago. >> so you talked to a lot of the people, and they don't really seem to be looking forward in temz of giving him another shot. is that your sense of talking to these folks that they're simply resigned or resentful in. >> i guess the best thing is these are nice hard-working people that live in king county, texas, but they're not giving any ground it comes to barack obama. we don't like him, but we'll see. this time there didn't seem to be any flexibility at all. snoo talk a bit about some of the communities. i know philadelphia and some other areas where it went overwhelmingly for obama. it was a completely different story. >> this is interest
democrat in rural texas is a lot different than a democrat in new york, los angeles, chicago, or even dallas, houston, or san antonio. back in 1968, back in 1968, hubert humphrey won the presidential vote in king county. george wallace came in second place, and back in 1964 when texas residents swron son ran for president, he got 85% of the voting since barry goldwater. they have voted for democrats before. it's certainly not this time or four year ago. >> so you talked to a lot of the...
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in dallas, washington redskins quarterback rg3 threw for four touchdowns as they hung on. they beat the cowboys 38-31. the cowboys came back at some point. it was a feast for the new england patriots as they devoured the new york jets 49-19. ouch. >>> look at all the mangled, twi twisted metal in this deadly highway pile-up. more than 100 people hurt. now we're learning what may have caused these wrecks. americans o work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ >>> 17 minutes past the hour. egypt's president mohamed morsi gives himself sweeping new powers until a new constitution is written, which could take six months. he issued an order, preventing courts from overturning his decisions and later said he has dedicated himself
in dallas, washington redskins quarterback rg3 threw for four touchdowns as they hung on. they beat the cowboys 38-31. the cowboys came back at some point. it was a feast for the new england patriots as they devoured the new york jets 49-19. ouch. >>> look at all the mangled, twi twisted metal in this deadly highway pile-up. more than 100 people hurt. now we're learning what may have caused these wrecks. americans o work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded...